Robert Downey Jr. was born on 4 April 1965 in Greenwich Village. An American actor, Downey rose to fame in the 1980s with films such as Less Than Zero and was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in Chaplin. His career was derailed in the late 1990s and early 2000s by drug addiction and legal troubles, followed by a celebrated comeback. He became the highest-paid actor in the world through his role as Tony Stark, Iron Man, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and also starred as Sherlock Holmes. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Oppenheimer.
Before and after
- 14 March 1965Birth of Aamir Khan
- 16 March 1965Birth of Mark Carney
- 18 March 1965Launch of Voskhod 2
- 18 March 1965Alexei Leonov makes the first spacewalk
- 4 April 1965Birth of Robert Downey Jr.
- 8 April 1965Merger Treaty
- 11 May 1965Construction of Israel Museum
- 20 May 1965Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705
- 14 July 1965Mariner 4 sends the first close-up pictures of Mars
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The era
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